情景对话

Todd: Hello, what is your name?
托德：你好，你叫什么名字？
Hitoshi: My name is Hitoshi Fukuda.
仁志：我叫福田仁志C1EZiw_bIM。
Todd: Hitoshi
托德：仁志yQPO@nlvd4。
Hitoshi: Mm-hm.
仁志：嗯Mdy=alPUs9V。
Todd: I'm sorry. What's your last name?
托德：抱歉，你的姓是什么？
Hitoshi: Fukuda.
仁志：福田*+j~6@t8h1X^@17dean。
Todd: Fukuda.
托德：福田nWWx,r9rz#enXy5@gx。
Hitoshi: Mm-hm.
仁志：嗯xyNjgOpu#ASKYunbtOk。
Todd: And where are you from?
托德：你来自哪里？
Hitoshi: Well, I'm originally from a city called Utsunomiya.
仁志：嗯，我在一个叫做宇都宫的城市出生54(s~mwJD%A]j5azT。
Todd: Uh-huh.
托德：啊哈%C[C4O*q~g=2].。
Hitoshi: It's north of Tokyo.
仁志：位于东京北边~s^3ZvGJ^x。
Todd: Oh, nice.
托德：嗯，很好[HiJ,33(F6DtvkJrlA。
Hitoshi: But, when I was ten I moved to Uwara, which is in Saitama.
仁志：不过我十岁的时候搬到浦和市去了，那里位于埼玉县qgTcjyH~;td~j。
Todd: OK.
托德：好.#T3^IH[3]mnANI]-。
Hitoshi: And I've been there ever since.
仁志：自那以后我一直在那座城市生活9N2s2I9._m~c;Z=R@~g。
Todd: OK. Um..tell me about your country. Tell me about Japan.
托德：好Rih+FRH5JB+S6。嗯，跟我说说你的祖国吧18D07vv*HtNC1vjgV[z_。跟我说说日本的情况-Kr.a#_@)*#|q_4Wn[。
Hitoshi: Japan? Well, it's a very crowded country, a lot of people. And it's very small in terms of the size you know of the area. It's actually smaller than California.
仁志：日本？嗯，这是一个非常拥挤的国家，有许多人QDWR)|(L*nER。而且你可能听说过，领土面积很小5.hf#a;S;~Po。实际上比加州还小S1|JkM4;k_+9D~v;y。
Todd: Wow. Wow.
托德：哇3y&hh;f[-|FjPdkL。哇EeZCySwGcc_aLHc.t。
Hitoshi: And then, two-thirds of the area is covered by forests.
仁志：还有，日本国土的三分之二被森林覆盖hqK8lGMFb~ZXDk。
Todd: Ah..that's good. I love forests. I love forests. How many people live in Japan?
托德：这很好iWp]9&4lZd&mq&QV4;l。我喜欢森林i@XY+EDR;YI。我喜欢森林A*8JUa%zoRVO。日本有多少人口？
Hitoshi: About 120,000,000.
仁志：大约1.2亿人rpHoKSHswmm[Z+*。
Todd: Wow.
托德：哇！
Hitoshi: Yeah. Just about 125,000,000. It's about half the population of the states.
仁志：对C4-qaD1knzI=bdy。大概1.25亿吧C|@4Opw1MS]rMY^。是美国人口的一半!~v]jvcH^V。
Todd: Man! And what is the capital city?
托德：那首都是哪里？
Hitoshi: It's Tokyo.
仁志：东京|(_zq(htDHZD0yv。
Todd: Tokyo. And who is the leader of the country?
托德：东京20n7[4B@n*-^SPo。日本领导人是谁？
Hitoshi: It's Koizumi.
仁志：小泉Dg4%6leI@+3_sxtu。
Todd: Koizumi.
托德：小泉QAwU_f,Z0#xZ93i。
Hitoshi: The Prime Minister. Yes.
仁志：是首相74urh_aa-3Drw。对*4okXhzV;JFuoOxH+DK。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. ever since
自从；打…以后一直；
eg. He's been there ever since you left!
自从你离开后他就一直在那里！
eg. Ever since we moved last year, I worry a lot about whether I can handle this new job.
自从去年我们搬家，我就一直非常担心能否做好这份新工作^!f|_0.wBvkpy。
2. in terms of
在…方面；从…角度看；根据…来说；
eg. It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality.
今年的电影无论从数量上还是质量上都说不上好Kc~1(XJt9(;Fv].|。
eg. It is difficult to express it in terms of science.
要用科学的字眼来表达它是很困难的%Yu!RE~4=bn。
3. know of
听说过；略有耳闻；
eg. We know of the incident but have no further details.
我们听说过这件事，但对详情不是很清楚K&%WM%Kpu-xi。
eg. I know of the man, but I've never spoken to him.
我知道这个人，不过从来没有和他说过话+O#_L,XpsE|&k1@wn3|0。